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9 county roads to get chip seal improvement

Work slated to begin July 19

Nine county roads will receive chip seal treatment beginning on Monday, July 19, according to Jeff Reeves, Logan County Road and Bridge Manager. The work will once again be performed by Cobitco Inc.

The Denver-based asphalt emulsion manufacturing company was the only company to submit a bid proposal for the 2017 road maintenance project.

The chip seal project should be completed in seven to eight days once the work begins, Reeves said. The routine maintenance work will take place Mondays through Thursdays, with roads remaining open to traffic.

The following county roads will receive treatment: C.R. 16 from Highway 63 east to C.R. 370, total of 1.5 miles; C.R. 33 from C.R. 16.5 north to C.R. 20.5, total of 2 miles; C.R. 20.5 from C.R. 35 east to Highway 6, total of 0.8 miles; C.R. 24 from C.R. 35 east to Highway 6, total of 1.7 miles; C.R. 30.5 from C.R. 41 east to Highway 138, total of 0.7 miles; C.R. 37 and 37.5 from C.R. 30 north around corners, total of 0.75 miles; C.R. 55 from I-76 North to Highway 138, total of 3.5 miles; C.R. 57 from Highway 57 north to C.R. 52, total of 2.2 miles; C.R. 78 from C.R.28 north to Fleming city limits, total of 3.30 miles.

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This year's project will cover a total distance of 8.8 miles of paved county roads. The estimated amount of asphaltic materials needed for the project is between 180,000 to 200,000 gallons at a cost of $2.09 per gallon. Cost of repairing the roads will be somewhere between $376,000 to $418,000.

The price of this year's project is down 3 cents a gallon from last year's $2.05 per gallon. This year's cost per gallon is well below the 2014 cost for emulsion material when commissioners approved a similar bid from Cobitco in the amount of $2.57 per gallon. The price of materials is directly related to the cost of oil and petroleum products, Reeves said.

Chip seal maintenance is typically done on rural roads with a lower volume of traffic. The road surface is treatment with a sprayed on layer of emulsion that sets up on the surface, creating a rubbery (heavy oil) consistency. A layer of gravel or chip rock is then laid on top of the emulsion. The county will sweep the excess rock off the road edges to complete the project, Reeves said.

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